House
File
317
-
Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
317
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
13)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
13,
2025
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
indigent
defense
and
the
appointment
of
1
counsel
by
the
court.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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H.F.
317
Section
1.
Section
815.10,
subsection
6,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
6.
An
attorney
appointed
under
this
section
is
not
3
liable
to
a
person
represented
by
the
attorney
for
damages
4
as
a
result
of
a
conviction
in
a
criminal
case
unless
the
5
court
determines
in
a
postconviction
proceeding
or
on
direct
6
appeal
that
the
person’s
conviction
resulted
from
ineffective
7
assistance
of
counsel,
and
the
ineffective
assistance
of
8
counsel
is
the
proximate
cause
of
the
damage.
In
juvenile
or
9
civil
proceedings,
an
attorney
appointed
under
this
section
10
is
not
liable
to
a
person
represented
by
the
attorney
for
11
damages
unless
it
has
been
determined
that
the
attorney
has
12
provided
ineffective
assistance
of
counsel,
and
the
ineffective
13
assistance
of
counsel
is
the
proximate
cause
of
the
damage.
14
Any
attorney
appointed
under
this
section
who
is
accused
15
of
ineffective
assistance
of
counsel
shall
be
treated
as
16
a
state
employee
under
chapter
669,
including
defense
and
17
indemnification
under
section
669.21.
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